Nonfiction
Nonfiction on the topic of art, business, writing and life.  | Seven Steps to Sales Supremacy Originally published in EMG-Zine, this is a look at seven vital tips for turning your art into money. (Added December 21, 2007) |
| So You Want to Take Commissions Originally written for Woodworks Ezine. Updated and republished EMG-Zine in May 2007. (Added May 28, 2007) |
| Stitching Scans Our example piece is a Portrait Adoption piece customized for and adopted by the lovely Carrianna! Originally published in EMG-Zine. (Added November 09, 2006) |
| Cleaning Scans and Prepping for Print Cleaning up scans! Originally published in EMG-Zine. (Added November 09, 2006) |
| Fixing Common Ink Jet Printer Errors Tips and hints for solving common inkjet printer errors and fixing print flaws. Originally published in EMG-Zine. (Added November 09, 2006) |
| Painting in the Rain A painting adventure in the rain, and lots of advice for taking your own outdoor painting adventure. (Added November 09, 2006) |
| For the Love of Little Dots How to Stipple, and why to love it. Originally published in Woodworks E-zine. (Added April 30, 2006) |
| Inking Getting started with inking. Originally published in Woodworks E-zine. (Added April 30, 2006) |
| Burnishing with Colored Pencils Learning to get the most out of prismacolor pencils. Originally published in Woodworks Ezine. (Added April 30, 2006) |
| Romancing an Art Director How to make an art director love you. Originally published in EMG-Zine. (Added April 30, 2006) |
| How to Write an Article Easy steps to quick and informative articles. (Added April 30, 2006) |
| Work for Hire A comprehensive guide to work for hire contracts - what they are and when they're good. Originally published in Epitome. (Added October 01, 2005) |
| Making Stuff, pt 2 How to make cards, bookmarks, mousepads, t-shirts, mugs and more... as well as a discussion of both transfer and screen-printing. (Added June 05, 2005) |
| Making Stuff, pt 1 Part 1 of How to Make Stuff deals with prints and printers, and has lots of juicy printing tips! (Added May 05, 2005) |
| An Artist's Guide to Starting a Home Business An overview of starting a business from your home; the legal and technical aspects, as well as practical hints and tips. (Added April 05, 2005) |
| What's This Bit About My Soul? A guide to understanding contracts. Originally published in Woodworks Ezine. (Added March 01, 2005) |
| How Wide is the Band? What is bandwidth? How is it stolen and how can you stop it? Originally published in Woodworks Ezine. (Added March 01, 2005) |
| Fishing for Free Art Dos and don'ts of getting free art from hard working artists. (Added January 01, 2005) |
| How to Give Criticism (Added January 01, 2005) |
| How to Get Criticism Getting the most out of a critique - and knowing when to disregard one. (Added January 01, 2005) |
| An Overview of Art Files Some tips and basic information about image files, files sizes, pixels, scanning and more. Originally published in Woodworks. Nonfiction. (Added January 01, 2005) |
| How Not to Get What You Want A satirical guide in alienating, insulting and criticizing without actually accomplishing anything. Nonfiction. Some colorful language. (Added January 01, 2005) |
| ABCs of Paper Sizes A helpful look at what standardized paper sizes mean and where they came from. Originally published in Woodworks ezine (Added June 06, 2004) |
| Pricing Your Art (Commissions) It's not always easy to put a pricetag on your own artwork. This article is on how to charge for commissioned work. (Added January 01, 2003) |
| Just Do It "Ellen," people ask me, "How do you do what you do?" The answer is a relatively simple - just do it! (Added January 01, 2003) |
| Sidestepping Scams and Spam Avoid scams and spam aimed at artists. (Added January 01, 2003) |
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